Culinary device.



UNITED STATES rPATENT OEEICE.

AMY M. STOCKIN G, OF WEST NEW BRIGHTON, NEW YORK.

CULINARY DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 720,293, dated Februaryy10, 1903.

Application filed .June 27, 1902.

T0 all whom t may concern:

Beit known that I, AMY M. SrooKING, a citizen of the United States,residing at West New Brighton, county of Richmond, State of New York,have invented an Improved Culinary Device, of which the followingis aspecification. Y

This device is intended for reducing potatoes and other vegetables andfor straining fruits, as in 'making jams, marmalades, &c.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view, and Fig. 2a vertical section.

The device comprises two members, a pan or vessel A, having the shape ofa frustum of a cone and perforated bottom and side Walls, and asimilarly shaped plunger or masher B of smaller diameter, having anappropriate handle B', by which it may be freely rotated and moved inall directions Within the pan. --The pan is preferably formed with aninclined flange A to rest upon the edge of a receiving vessel, overwhich it maybe placed, the inclination of which when the pan is quitefull prevents the material being treated and the juices or moisturetherefrom passing out of the pan. In straining the juice and pulp offruit from the stones or seeds and in reducing fruits, potatoes,pumpkin, rbc., the plunger B may be manipulated within the pan, so as toaord an effective action both at the bottom-and sides thereof, whilesuch of the material as may be crowded upwardly or laterally by pressureof the plunger toward the side of the pan will readily fall away intothe space between the opposite walls of the pan and plunger.

The bottom of the plunger may be corrugated, as indicated at b, thisformation being Serial'No. 113.487. (No model.)

for some purposes desirable. For the reduction of potatoes, apples,peaches, dac., the perforations in the pan may be of any appropriatediameter and may be substantially as indicated in the drawings, and whenthe device is to be used for the straining of berries and comparativelysmall seeds the perforations should becorrespondingly small to preve'ntthe passage of the seeds. The inclined sides and bottom of the plunger,both of which are relatively large, would coperate most eciently withthe perforated bottom and inclined sides of the pan, and fruits andvegetables of all classes may be clearly strained or reduced. Thereduced vegetables and fruits are of a better character, as they are notbeaten into a pasty condition, as is the case where an ordinary colanderand p0- tato-masher are used for the purpose. The plunger is preferablymade of hard Wood, while the perforated pan may be of ordinary tin orenamel ware.

I claim as my invention- A culinary device, comprising a vessel having afiat perforated bottom and perforated outwardly-inclined side walls, anda plunger of smaller diameter having a iiat bottom resting on the bottomof the vessel, and compressing sides inclined correspondingly with thesides of the vessel and adapted to begrotated and moved laterally in alldirections in the vessel, substantially as described.

In testimony whereofI have hereunto subscribed my name.

AMY M. STOCKING.

Witnesses:

W. R. DAVIDSON, A. C. STOCKING.

